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News about Public Theater, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 11, 2015

Ben Brantley reviews Cush Jumbo's one-woman show Josephine and I, starring Jumbo and staged by Phyllida Lloyd, at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. MORE

Feb. 24, 2015

David Brooks Op-Ed column praises Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton, which is being performed at The Public Theater in New York; marvels at way musical addresses every significant episode of Alexander Hamilton's life, conveying his spirit of grand aspiration and his belief in national greatness. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015

The play is a 70-minute monologue about a fighter pilot who is reassigned to operate drone strikes when she becomes pregnant. MORE

Dec. 26, 2014

Public Theater musical Here Lies Love will close soon after new year. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Alexis Soloski reviews Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of Shakespeare play Pericles, Prince of Tyre, directed by Rob Melrose at Public Theater. MORE

Oct. 11, 2014

The acclaimed composer is working with the playwright David Ives, who wrote “Venus in Fur.” MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

Charles Isherwood reviews Public Theater's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet and starring Todd Almond at Delacorte Theater in Central Park. MORE

Jun. 26, 2014

Celebrities turn out for Public Theater's annual Shakespeare in the Park gala, held in honor of Broadway musical A Chorus Line and its composer Marvin Hamlisch, who died in 2012. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park co-production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jack O'Brien and starring Hamish Linklater, at Delacorte Theater. MORE

May. 20, 2014

Ms. Bening, Jessica Hecht and Jessica Collins will portray the daughters of Lear, who will be played by John Lithgow. MORE

May. 4, 2014

The Public Theater was the big winner on Sunday night at the Lucille Lortel Awards honoring Off Broadway works. MORE

Apr. 16, 2014

Ben Brantley reviews Scott Z Burns play The Library, directed by Stephen Soderbergh and starring Chloe Grace Moretz, at the Public Theater. MORE

Mar. 6, 2014

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney and starring Jonathan Cake and Joaquina Kalukango. MORE

Feb. 15, 2014

Prominent New York City nonprofit theaters, faced with uneven ticket sales, budget deficits and rising costs, are increasing ticket prices to unprecedented levels; Roundabout Theater and the Public Theater are only two of many that have begun offering tickets above the $100 mark. MORE

Jan. 15, 2014

Claudia La Rocco reviews Public Theater production of Andrew Ondrejcak play Feast. MORE

Jan. 14, 2014

Charles Isherwood reviews Public Theater production of dance-theater piece The Record, created and performed by 600 Highwaymen troupe and directed by Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone, as part of the Under the Radar Festival. MORE

Dec. 11, 2013

WNET will record the Richard Nelson cycle for broadcast at a future date. MORE

Nov. 21, 2013

Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori spent five years writing stage adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home, which has received high praise and has been extended three times at Public Theater. MORE

Nov. 19, 2013

The 10th annual showcase of experimental theater is scheduled from Jan. 8 to 19. MORE

Nov. 7, 2013

Playwright Richard Nelson draws inspiration for his plays from his home town Rhinebeck, NY; his plays Hopey Changey, Sweet and Sad and Sorry will run in repertory at Public Theater along with Regular Singing, final play in series. MORE

Oct. 29, 2013

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater production of play Grasses of a Thousand Colors, written by and starring Wallace Shawn and directed by Andre Gregory at Theater for a New Audience. MORE

Oct. 27, 2013

Lisa Kron is simultaneously in rehearsals for two plays at Public Theater: Fun Home, for which she wrote book and lyrics, and Bertolt Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan, in which she plays two characters. MORE

Oct. 23, 2013

Ben Brantley reviews Lisa Kron play Fun Home directed by Sam Gold at Public Theater; Michael Cerveris and Beth Malone star. MORE

Oct. 10, 2013

Plans to remount the critically acclaimed musical have been delayed because of difficulties finding an appropriate venue. MORE

Sep. 25, 2013

Sep. 12, 2013

Charles Isherwood reviews Public Theater production of one-man show All the Faces of the Moon, created and performed by Mike Daisey at Joe's Pub. MORE

Sep. 10, 2013

Claudia La Rocco reviews Public Theater musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Lear deBessonet and featuring music by Todd Almond, at Delacorte Theater in Central Park. MORE

Sep. 1, 2013

Public Works, effort by Public Theater to open its stages to New Yorkers who may feel excluded from theater world, will be staging production of Shakespeare's The Tempest in Central Park on September 6-8; tickets are free, cast includes 200 amateurs from five community organizations and organizers are viewing staging as experiment in community. MORE

Aug. 13, 2013

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, featuring book by Alex Timbers and songs by Michael Friedman; Timbers directs and Daniel Breaker stars at Delacorte Theater in Central Park as part of this year's Shakespeare in the Park series. MORE

Aug. 9, 2013

J. Smith-Cameron, who played Jane in the first three Apple family plays, will not return to the role. MORE

Jul. 23, 2013

The immersive musical about Imelda Marcos will close on Sunday, but the theater promises a plan for reopening soon. MORE

Jul. 22, 2013

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater production of Wallace Shawn play The Designated Mourner, written by and starring Wallace Shawn and directed by Andre Gregory. MORE

Jul. 9, 2013

The concerts will take place in the 260-seat Anspracher Theater from Sept. 25 through Oct. 9, a tiny space for the former front man of the Police, who can easily fill arenas. MORE

Jul. 7, 2013

Public Theater and Theater for a New Audience are sponsoring a series to celebrate 40-year collaboration between playwright Wallace Shawn and director Andre Gregory; series will stage their little-seen play The Designated Mourner and debut their latest piece Grasses of a Thousand Colors. MORE

Jun. 19, 2013

Public theater and Aspen Institute Arts Program present What Are We Worth? Shakespeare, Money and Morals as part of Public Forum series at Delacorte Theater; well-known actors give readings from Shakespeare and audience is encouraged to participate in discussion led by Prof Michael J Sandel. MORE

Jun. 3, 2013

The one-time free event will include readings from Shakespeare’s works and a town hall discussion led by Harvard professor Michael Sandel. MORE

Apr. 26, 2013

The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical about Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos is playing in a theater that accommodates only 160 people. MORE

Apr. 17, 2013

Ligaya Mishan reviews restaurant Library at the Public, newly renovated lobby eatery at the Public Theater in NoHo; name and decor of restaurant pay homage to building's original incarnation as the Astor Library, established in 1854. MORE

Apr. 16, 2013

The season will also include new work from Suzan-Lori Parks, Mike Daisey and Elevator Repair Service. MORE

Apr. 7, 2013

David Byrne, former frontman of band Talking Heads, has created disco evocation of world of former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos in musical Here Lies Love, at the Public Theater; musical is inspired both by Marcos's infatuation with disco music and Byrne's fascination with autocrats who live in surreal, theatrical bubble. MORE

Mar. 4, 2013

Adapted from the novel by Jonathan Lethem, the show will play at the Dallas Theater Center before coming to the Public Theater in New York. MORE

Jan. 10, 2013

Brian Sloan reviews Public Theater's new cocktail lounge called the Library. MORE

Nov. 18, 2012

Musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by Sybille Pearson, will premiere at the Public Theater. MORE

Sep. 22, 2012

Public Theater hopes to become a round-the-clock social destination with its $40 million renovation that puts more focus on the building's public spaces than on its six stages. MORE

Sep. 11, 2012

Theater props masters informally gather at the Public Theater to network, watch demonstrations and exchange insider tips on the latest techniques in an area of theatrical design that often goes unnoticed and unheralded. MORE

Jul. 29, 2012

Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit is spending three weeks performing Richard III at unusual locations, including Rikers Island prison in New York City. MORE

May. 6, 2012

Seth Bockley and Gabriel Kahane musical February House, about a house in Brooklyn Heights that was home to several literary and artistic figures in the early 1940s, is set to begin previews at the Public Theater. MORE

Mar. 8, 2012

Fans of musicals gather at a benefit party for the Public Theater at Joe's Pub, where 25 singers perform tunes from some famous Broadway musicals. MORE

Dec. 5, 2011

Performers and other protesters gather in the theater district for Occupy Broadway, creative resistance action to promote right to assemble; Public Theater announces five-week reprise of Mike Daisey play The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. MORE

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